Nationalist Party of Belgium

The Nationalist Party was a reactionary political party in Belgium that was active from 1836 to 1936. The Nationalist Party distinguished itself as the party of the hard right between the independence of Belgium and the rise of fascism, and its views supported an absolute monarchy, nationalism, and state Catholicism. The Nationalists unflinchingly opposed reforms in Belgium and supported the monarchy, and they would lose influence as the people were drawn to newer parties over the course of several decades. By the 1920s, the Nationalist Party was moribund, as universal suffrage meant that the party's working-class and middle-class opponents now vastly outnumbered the aristocrats and soldiers who supported the party.